Alum tours with ‘War Horse’

SMU 2000 alum Rob Laqui is part of a three-person puppeteer team bringing the horse “Joey” to life in the award-winning play, “War Horse,” which is performing through Nov. 11 at the Kennedy Center Opera House, Washington, D.C. To read an interview with Laqui, go to www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/2012/10/18/8b13acea-1256-11e2-be82-c3411b7680a9_story.html.

South Africa’s Handspring Puppet Company brings breathing, galloping, full-scale horses to life on the stage — their flanks, hides and sinews built of steel, leather and aircraft cables. The play brings to life an emotional journey that charges through the battlefields of history straight to hearts of audiences around the world.

Laqui, a graduate of the musical theatre program, is touring with the National Theatre of Great Britain production of “War Horse,”which will come to Minneapolis in June. For more information, go to http://warhorseonstage.com/tickets/us_tour.